Biography
2015 (COLORADO) -- did not play due to injury.
2014 (JUNIOR, COLORADO): Played in six games, including two on defense, before being lost for the final four games of the season due to injury...recorded four tackles on the season from scrimmage...played 16 snaps at California (one solo tackle) and for six against Southern California (three tackles, TFL, two solo stops).
2013 (SOPHOMORE, COLORADO): saw action in 11 games, 10 on defense (no starts; did not play at UCLA) and was in for 127 plays from scrimmage...racked up 16 tackles (11 solo, one for zero), and also had three third down stops (one on fourth down), two touchdown saves and a forced fumble, the latter coming in the season finale at Utah. Had two solo stops in the opener against Colorado State, both big plays as one was a third down stop and the other stifling the Rams on a fourth down try at CU’s 17-yard line with just less than two minutes remaining in the game...registered season-high in tackles with three on three occasions (at Arizona State, at Washington, at Utah)...in the preseason, Phil Steele’s College Football selected him as the third-team kick returner on its All-Pac 12 preseason team (collegesportsmadness.com selected him on its second-team)...was also one of 36 players on the preseason watch list for the top kickoff returners as determined by the College Football Performance Awards.
2012 (FRESHMAN, COLORADO): earned earned honorable mention All-Pac 12 honors at defensive back from the league coaches, and was a second-team All-Pac 12 choice at kickoff returner by collegesportsmadness.com...played in all 12 games, including seven starters (three at nickel and four at strong safety)...finished sixth on the team in tackles with 56 (27 solo)...saw action for 524 snaps from scrimmage, the fourth most ever played on defense by a true freshman in school history...recorded a season-career-high 14 tackles (five solo) against Stanford, and had seven on two other occasions (Fresno State, Washington)...had a quarterback sack on a safety blitz, two third down stops, three hurries, a pass broken up, an interception (which he had versus Fresno) and two touchdown saves...led the team in kickoff returns, averaging 26.1 yards for 21 returns; that included a 100-yard return for a touchdown against Utah, CU’s first kickoff return for a score in three years (and was the Kickoff Return Performer of the Week as selected by Intersport)...was the seventh freshman to lead CU in kickoff returns, with the 26.1 average second only to Ben Kelly’s 31.1 in 1997.
HIGH SCHOOL: As senior, ranked the No. 91 safety in the nation and the No. 128 player overall out of California by ESPN.com...starred in all three phases of the game, at defensive back, wide receiver and kick returner...was a first-team All-CIF Inland Division selection and earned first-team All-Baseline League honors at defensive back, while garnering second-team accolades at receiver...was an honorable mention All-League performer as a junior...as a senior recorded 64 tackles (43 solo), had two interceptions, four passes broken up and a fumble recovery... on offense, had 19 receptions for 387 yards and three touchdowns, with 326 yards rushing with five TDs on 19 carries, with a long rush of 78 yards...best game as a senior came in a 54-27 win over Norco, with two kickoffs for TDs(83 and 95 yards), one catch for a 48-yard TD, an interception and eight tackles...two-year starter on defense... tallied 65 tackles (47 solo), one interception, two pass breakups, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery as a junior...played for coach Tim Salter where the Scots were 43-10 in his four seasons (12-1 his senior year, league champions; 8-4 as a junior, 12-2 as a sophomore and 11-3 as a freshman)...also lettered in track and field, competing in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, the 4x100-meter relay, triple jump, and high jump. He played basketball as a freshman but did not letter.
PERSONAL: born May 31, 1994, in Artesia, Calif...hobbies include hanging out with friends and playing video games, in addition to being very talented musically: plays the drums and the ukulele, along with writing and producing music...has given back to his community by working at his local church and coaching Pop Warner football...his cousin, Sirr Parker, played running back at Texas A&M and in the NFL...Parker scored on a 32-yard TD pass in the 1998 Big 12 Conference championship to give the Aggies a 36-33 overtime victory over Kansas State, and his life was the subject of a 2001 Showtime movie entitled They Call Me Sirr...
